Last 2 Cards

[aguahombre]

Perfect (above). JD is not assuming the OP has the facts wrong, but rather deciphering the whole post to determine what the facts probably are, and done a damned good job of it, too.

[Pict]

As I understand the Laws (possibly incorrectly) if I show ,say the Queen of spades, it is played. If another card falls from my hand and hits the table before I lay down the Queen, the Queen is still the card played.

 

So I don't see that the constant emphasis on the 6 spades reaching the table first has any significance.

[blackshoe]

Where in the OP or the OP's second post does he say that he "showed" the Q before the 6?

[jdonn]

As I understand the Laws (possibly incorrectly) if I show ,say the Queen of spades, it is played.  If another card falls from my hand and hits the table before I lay down the Queen, the Queen is still the card played.

 

So I don't see that the constant emphasis on the 6 spades reaching the table first has any significance.

Let me repeat one of the quotes from the original poster.

 

"while I was playing the card I immediately saw that it is the wrong card"

 

While he was playing the card he was it was the wrong card.

 

He didn't drop the 6 while he was playing (or showing) the queen. He admits he accidentally played the 6. I don't know where you get the showing the queen and dropping the 6, it seems you are just inferring based on his intentions.

 

This really should be a very easy case. He made a careless mistake as we all do from time to time, and he has to live with the consequences of that careless mistake.

[bid_em_up]

As I understand the Laws (possibly incorrectly) if I show ,say the Queen of spades, it is played.  If another card falls from my hand and hits the table before I lay down the Queen, the Queen is still the card played.

 

So I don't see that the constant emphasis on the 6 spades reaching the table first has any significance.

Do you also understand the laws to say "when the six is exposed first, then retracted and the Queen is played in its place, that in reality the six is the played card"?

 

. . . while I was playing the card I immediately saw that it is the wrong card and before it sorta landed on the table I replaced it with the Q♠. Declarer has not called for the 10♠ out of dummy . . . so both cards were exposed after each other.

The play of the six wasn't truly an "accident" as in "uh oh, I dropped two cards on the table exposing both" or "damn, that card just fell out of my hand", but instead the play of facing the six to the table and then, "oh *****, thats the wrong card, I meant to play the Queen" so then the Queen was faced to the table also.... is the way I interpret this.

 

So the six remains the played card. It's not that hard, really.

[Pict]

OK

 

All you guys are right. The OP is at the very least deceiving himself. Sherlock/Mycroft/Jdonn has spotted the deception and solved the problem to the applause and adulation of his fans.

 

Well done all.

 

Or facts are hard things etc.